Tusculum’s Jasmine Gunn Named To State Farm All-America Team For Third Year

March 22, 2011

ATLANTA -- Tusculum College senior guard Jasmine Gunn was named to the 2011 NCAA Division II State Farm Coaches' All-America Team, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced Tuesday.

Gunn, a 4-11 guard from Nashville, Tenn., received honorable mention recognition and becomes the second Pioneer to be a three-time All-America selection, joining Susan Starnes who was a three-time NAIA All-American from 1994-95 to 1996-97. Gunn was an honorable mention pick in 2008-09 and was a first-team selection in 2009-10.

The Antioch High School graduate was named Daktronics Southeast Region Player of the Year and South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year for the second straight season after leading the team and the SAC in scoring at 18.7 points per game (20th in Division II). Tusculum won its second consecutive Food Lion SAC Tournament championship and its third SAC regular-season title in four years, and competed in the NCAA Division II tournament for the fourth straight season.

In addition to leading the team in scoring, Gunn also paced the Pioneers with 101 assists (3.37 per game) and ranked second with 52 steals (1.73 per game). She also averaged 4.7 rebounds per game and shot 78.9 percent (168-for-213) from the foul line. In 18 regular-season SAC games, Gunn averaged 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.

Gunn scored 20 or more points 17 times in 30 games, including three 30-point games, and posted back-to-back double-doubles against Carson-Newman on Feb. 9 (21 points-10 assists) and Wingate on Feb. 12 (20 points-10 rebounds). A three-time SAC Player of the Week, she scored a game-high 25 points in the Pioneers' 77-66 win over Wingate in the SAC championship game.

Gunn, who ranks second in program history and third all-time in the SAC with 2,180 points, is the SAC and Tusculum all-time leader in games played (125), games started (125), free throws made (660) and free throws attempted (838), and ranks fifth in SAC history in both career assists (629) and steals (272). On February 5, Gunn became the fifth player in SAC history to reach 2,000 career points against Brevard.

With her 25-point performance against Wingate in the Food Lion SAC Tournament finals, she became the tournament's all-time leader in points scored with 202 in 12 games. Gunn recorded 10 career double-doubles and the program's lone triple-double, and reached the 20-point mark 52 times in 125 career games.

Shannon McKever of Lander was named the State Farm/WBCA Division II Player of the Year, while Dennis Cox of Clayton State was honored as the Russell Athletic/WBCA Division II Coach of the Year.